Ecce Paris Ecce Homo on the gamin and the city
The narrative extols the Parisian gamin as a brave, ironic figure who shifts from gutter skirmishes to cultural icons. It links Paris to universal history, critiques urban vitality, and argues for universal instruction to cure the gamin as social malaise. Paris embodies the world, with a cityscape of monuments, theaters, and rival legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rome
France
Gamins
Notre -Dame
Mons
Faubourg Et Antoine
Paris as Cosmos and Carnival The City’s Brutal Delights
A sweeping, late 19th century critique paints Paris as a fusion of civilizations and vices. It lauds Parisian wit and artistic daring while noting its appetite for spectacle, punishment, and scandal. The piece spelts urban myth, drawing on antiquity and modern luxury to depict a city that embraces vice as culture.
Last bucket shop in Muncie closes after Chicago firm failure
Muncie Ind August 11 Muncie 3 no longer has a board of trade after the O'Dell Commission company of Chicago failed. It is claimed several traders on the board that day were involved and many are said to be losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grisette
Rome
Louis Quinze
Claudius
Madame Dubarry
Messalina
Paris
Diogenes
Job
Pailasse
Chodrucnnto
Duclos
Plutarch
Syila
Domitian
Varus Vibiscus
Basile
Tortufe
Horace
Janiculum
Lorette
Staphyla
Planesium
Barriere Des Combats
Colisaeum
Caesar
Mother Saguet
Virgil
David of
Angers
Balzac
Charlet
Adonais
Silenus
Ramponneau
Muncie, Ind
Muncie 3
O'Dell Commission Company of
Chicago
Campaign Issues and Inside Outsider Perspective
The candidate says the only issue is party positioning as the party remains outside seeking entry. This remark frames the campaign as a struggle for influence and access rather than a list of policy differences.
Park Theater Opens Western Comedy Drama The Lost Trail
Park Theater premiered The Lost Trail a western comedy drama set at an army post in Colorado with a holdup plot and paymaster theme. Franklin Woodruff Grace Bavley lead a cast including Grace Childers Ouray Hackett with song and dance turns drawing strong audience applause.
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Park Theater
Colorado
Bud Larribre
Edith Faulkner
Feading
Franklin Woodruff
Grace Bavley
Empire Opens With New Spectacle The Pucklings Tonight
Opening attraction at the Empire promises novelty and refreshment for theatergoers. The program features two comic musical parts Berryrwood's Busy Day and Kelly's Daughlin Bar with a mammoth company of show girls and top vaudeville talent including Miss Lacie Dacre Eva Tanguay of burlesque and Hallay McKinnon plus George C. Clark Colton and Darrow and Tiney Downey. Scenic and costume work is billed as dazzling throughout.
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Empire
Pucklings
Berryrwood
Kelly
Wonderland Bears Delight Audiences At Wonderland
Spellman bears perform live tricks for children and adults with Miss Mike Spellman guiding them. The well trained troupe executes see-saw, merry go round, pyramid formations, bottle drinking and rope swing stunts, drawing big smiles and hearty laughs from all watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spellman’s
Wonderland
Mike Spellman
Happy Bear
John C Weber’s Band at Fair Bank in Indianapolis
John C Weber’s Prize Band of America returns to Fair Bank in Indianapolis with a ragtime program. Weber employs over 100 musicians year round and features seven instrumental soloists including cornet, piccola, French horn, euphonium, bells, oboe, and trombone. Blanche B Mehaffey, a frequent soloist, delivers a robust soprano and engaging stage presence.
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Indianapolis
John C. Weber
Prize Band of America
Fair Bank
Weber
Blanche B. Mehaffey
Mr. Weber
The
Grand
Fairview Park Concert by Indianapolis Military Band
The Indianapolis Military Band directed by H. W. Klausmann performs Tuesday evening at Fairview Park. The program includes marches and selections by Czibulka and Lehar, Rossini waltzes from The Merry Widow, and operatic and light pieces such as Angels Serenade and The Teddy Bears Picnic.
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Sanitol
Daniels
Palp
Calvin “Angels
Barbier de Seville
Rossini
Riverside Park Hosts Second Prize Two Step Contest
Riverside Park Maanmagel will present the second prize two step Wednesday evening with Johnson and Van Sickle providing new hits. Last week’s first contest drew much interest and required 42 minutes to decide. Many new faces will appear on the floor as several dancers from out of town have entered.
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Ing Hall
Johnson and
van Sickle
Gayety Theater Week Program Highlights Variety
The Gayety theater presents a varied week program starting with a view of a photographer’s challenges and including a trip across the Atlantic Ocean with Queenstown mail loading and New York harbor panoramas. It features two comedies, a drama The Shepherd, and a thriller talkie A Night of Terror by Talk-A-Graph. Interludes include songs by Charles Austin Clary and Miss Nettle McMullen.
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Gayety Theater
Atlantic Ocean
Queenstown
Emerald Isle
New York Harbor
Talk-A-Graph
Charles Austin Clary
Nettle McMullen
Pittsburg
Talking pictures thrill crowds at Grand this week
Grand Exhibitions of equestrian feats on the talking pictures program draw full houses as four Indianapolis girls present The Evolution of the Broadway Girl. The new program proves unusually good and the theater was filled at all performances on opening day. The act remains for another week and is a big attraction.
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Indianapolis
Good Luck Corporation centers on wedding rice and shoes
In St Louis, Nellie Porter leads a new Good Luck Corporation that assists weddings by providing rice and old shoes. The firm operates with Justice Richmann’s office nearby and a board approves the venture as part of promoting hopeful marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Porter
St. Louis
M. Millon
Good Luck Corporation
Justice of the Peace
Richmann
Which Taft or Bryan for Marionites
The Marion club forms a political action committee to decide its pick between William H. Taft and William Jennings Bryan for the upcoming campaign. The panel includes R. H. Stryson, H. D. Tutewiler, Edward H. Schmidt, L. G. Rothschild, and W. A. Bogardus, shaping the county’s stance amid Democratic challenges.
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Marion Club
W.J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Marion County
R. H. Stryson
H. DD. Tutewiler
Edward H. Schmidt
L. G. Rothschild
Indianapolis
W.A Bogardus
Lookwalter
Rain and hail cause damage across Indiana
Evansville reports torrential rain and a fierce electrical storm with telephone lines demolished for a time. Hailstorm hit southern Indiana yesterday evening, causing considerable crop damage and prompting concerns.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Bankers Widow Wounded Near Hotel in Magnolia
Mrs William T Cornell widow of former Equitable Trust president was robbed and shot in Magnolia as she left the Flame hotel. A stable man discharged from Oceanside hotel is suspected. two waitresses aided her before she was taken to the hotel. Officers search for the assailant. Cornell died last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Cornell
Equitable Trust Company
Oceanside
Mystery in death of Mrs Matthews in Chicago hotel
Marion Indiana dispatch reports Harry S Mathews a traveling salesman learned his wife was found dead in a gas filled Chicago room. Coroner's jury ruled poisoning as the cause with uncertainty if accidental or intentional. She reportedly used headache tablets.
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Marion
Ind
Harry
Mathews
Chicago
Mathewa
Notice of application to sell intoxicating liquors in ward four
Ben Cook gives notice to citizens of Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners in the September term 1908 for a license to sell spirituous ginous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking in a room 18 by 34 feet fronting west on Indiana avenue first floor of a two story brick building lot 33 in Drake and Mayhews second addition Indianapolis ward 4 located No Indiana avenue Trechotia Indiana. He also notifies and portable in said room.
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Trourth
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Northwestern Avenue
Allen
Indianapolis
Indiana
Norwestern Avenue
Tenth Street
Ketcham& Smith
James P. Drake
West Tenth Street
Louis
Gatzer
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana Avenue
Drake & Mayhew
Trechotia
Ben Cook
La Follette Plans Weekly State Paper
Milwaukee Aug 11 Robert M La Follette to establish a weekly state publication to spread his economic ideas similar to Bryan's Commoner. Canvassers reportedly seek 10 000 signed subscriptions to warrant the venture.
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LA Follette
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Bryan
Fragmentary Dialogue From Gabbleby Cartoon
The scene shows a playful exchange about a woman’s scream as a defense pretest weapon. Gertrude replies skeptically while Puck questions how the discovery was made, implying a light theatrical tone.
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Gabbleby
Gertrude
Puck
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Muncie
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Fairview Park
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Teddy Bears
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Saaeee Nelson
Riverside Park
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Ge Une
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Counen
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Dresden
T. Louis, Mo
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Snot
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Rious
Magnolia
Mass
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Mrs. Matthews
Postume Cereal Company, I Limited
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Arthur Stuart
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